March 30, 2008
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Carole Grills
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Smith Tennis Finishes Third at Seven Sisters

Northampton, MA: The Pioneers finished in third place with 6 points at the 2008 Seven Sisters Tennis Championship held at Wellesley College. Wellesley defeated Vassar today 3-2 to take its fourth consecutive title tallying 18 points. Vassar finished second with 17 points, with Mount Holyoke fourth with 5 points and Bryn Mawr fifth with 4 points.

The Pioneers lost a close match to Mount Holyoke this morning 3-2 and then fell to host Wellesley 0-5.  The tenniss team will be in action again next Saturday when they host Bates College at 2 p.m.

Mount Holyoke 3, Smith 2
Doubles
#1  Catherine Hill-Lydecker/Alanna Dick lost to Meaghan Sloane/Natalie Hsiang, 3-6, 2-6
#2  Seiko Fujii/Tina Jackson lost to Sarah London/Beatrix Hartmann, 3-6, 6-7 (3-7)
Singles
#1 Diana Fiumefreddo defeated Elise Marifian, 6-4, 6-4
#2 Mindy Chu lost to Eleni Scordilis, 1-6, 2-6
#3 Nicole Anderson defeated Janine Gresko, 6-3, 6-3

Wellesley 5, Smith 0
Doubles
#1 Hill-Lydecker/Dick lost to Jenna Mezin/Hali Walther, 0-6, 1-6
#2 Fujii./Jackson lost to Shivani Saxena/Jacqueline Shen, 1-6, 2-6
Singles
#1 Fiumefreddo lost to Jennifer Schwarzkopf, 0-6, 1-6
#2 Chu lost to Meghan Stubblebine, 1-6, 0-6
#3 Anderson lost to Trish Devine, 4-6, 0-6